27th largest plant in North Carolina · 1010th nationally
Butler-Warner Generation Plant is a natural gas power plant in North Carolina with a nameplate capacity of 305 MW. It generates roughly 19.4k MWh per year — enough to power about 1,849 average U.S. homes.
Its capacity factor of 1% reflects intermittent or peaking operation.
Ghost bars are each month's theoretical maximum (305 MW nameplate × hours in the month). Filled bars are actual net generation reported to EIA Form 923. The gap between them is capacity factor made visible.
| Plant Name | Butler-Warner Generation Plant |
|---|---|
| Operator | Fayetteville Public Works Commission |
| City | Fayetteville |
| County | Cumberland County |
| State | North Carolina |
| ZIP | 28312 |
| Coordinates | 35.09860, -78.82940 |
This plant highlighted in navy-ringed pin; other generators within 25 miles shown as fuel-colored dots.
| ID | Technology | Fuel | Capacity | Status | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 73.0 MW | Operating | 1988 |
| 1 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 28.8 MW | Operating | 1976 |
| 2 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 28.8 MW | Operating | 1976 |
| 3 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 28.8 MW | Operating | 1976 |
| 4 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 28.8 MW | Operating | 1976 |
| 5 | Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine | Natural Gas | 28.8 MW | Operating | 1977 |
| 6 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 28.8 MW | Operating | 1978 |
| 7 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 28.8 MW | Operating | 1979 |
| 8 | Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle | Natural Gas | 28.8 MW | Operating | 1980 |
| 10 | Solar Photovoltaic | Solar | 1.0 MW | Operating | 2019 |
| 11 | Batteries | Battery | 0.5 MW | Operating | 2019 |
| NOₓ | 48 metric tons |
|---|
Annual totals and CO₂ rate reported by EPA eGRID for 2023. Reference averages are approximate U.S.-wide figures from the same dataset.
| NERC Region | SERC |
|---|---|
| Balancing Authority | Duke Energy Progress East |
Natural gas plants are the workhorse of the modern grid. Combined-cycle units achieve very high efficiency and can ramp up and down quickly to balance variable renewables. They emit roughly half the CO₂ per MWh of coal and far less of other pollutants, but they still release upstream methane during fuel extraction.